Dear reader, I have not forgotten to go back to my classics. Some time ago I had an idea that it would be good to read some classics from time to time, but eventually got distracted - however, since I am doing well with my reading, I was in the mood for some Aesop's Fables and this must have been long overdue re-visit to something I read decades ago. In fact, I could imagine reading these stories in their various incarnations in my fairy tale collections and probably at the very start of the primary school. Just like "One Thousand and One Nights", these stories seemingly have no origins and are known and beloved all over the planet - even their form (just a short story as told in a few sentences) suggest something told before sleep and without exception, each story has a moral lesson - which turned out to be quite immortal, strangely enough, no matter how many centuries have passed they are surprisingly fresh.
I do clearly remember some of these stories - particularly about the Fox and the Stork sharing a dinner - this was included in one of my childhood fairy tale collections - and it was a delight to re-visit them again. It worked simultaneously as a moral lessons, fairy tales and a beautiful literature. Perhaps the origins of this collection might be interesting to research, but I think its not really important - in my mind there is no doubt that the original Aesop served as a frame where the other stories were added trough the centuries - what really matters is how well these stories work even today and how delightful they are.
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